While i consider myself a sweet valley fan, have joined a livejournal fan club for the series and own the muchawaited sequel, i had never read double love until yesterday. Snobbish and conniving, jessica thinks the whole world revolves around her. Sweet valley high is a series of young adult novels attributed to american author francine pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series. Elizabeth is friendly, outgoing, and sincerenothing like her twin. Double love, secrets, playing with fire, power play, all night long, dangerous love, dear sister, heartbreaker. Double love sweet valley high series book 1 francine pascal author 2012. Sweet valley high, books 112 by francine pascal nook book. Liz is devastated when todd appears to be falling for jessica. Sweet valley high was the backbone of the collection, and was made into a popular television series. The sweet valley high is still about the suncolored hair identical twins. Todd is sweet valley highs star basketball player, and jessica is certain that she can make him fall in love with her. I started out reading sweet valley kids, then sweet valley twins, sweet valley high, and finally sweet valley university. With that in mind, join the snark ladies as they navigate the world of sweet valley high, a place where there is a dance every week, people get kidnapped all the time, comas are not quite as rare as youd imagine, and we call on the youth mauling bear to come regulate quite often. Theyre both popular, smart, and gorgeous, but thats where the similarity ends.
Can the bonds of sisterhood stand up to the pangs of a broken heart. Nov 27, 2012 francine pascal is the creator of the sweet valley high series and one of the worlds most popular fiction writers for teenagers and the author of several bestselling novels. Sweet valley high, books 112 ebook by francine pascal. I couldnt wait to go to the bookstore so i could pick up the newest sweet valley book and i tore through it as soon as i. Written over the course of two decades, these books were bursting with soap opera esque drama, and they were impossible to put down. May 03, 2007 buy double love sweet valley high new edition by pascal, francine isbn. Dec 31, 2017 francine pascal, a native new yorker, is an author best known for creating the sweet valley series of young adult novels. Francine pascal may, 1938 is an american author best known for creating the sweet. New york times bestselling author francine pascals sweet valley high series has captivated generations of teens and adults, selling over 60 million copies worldwide here together for the first time in an incredible ebook bundle are the first twelve books in the beloved series. Double love dun dun dunnnnn and, oh my god yall, that place is twentyseven flavors of messed up.
Double love is the first book of the old sweet valley high series that has been updated to include cell phones and the internet, but still contains the same plot. One night in 2003, stephenie meyer had a dream about vampires and woke up the next morning to begin writing the first twilight book, a nearly 500page tome. Francine pascal is the creator of the sweet valley high series and one of the worlds most popular fiction writers for teenagers and the author of several bestselling novels. Francine pascal, a native new yorker, is an author best known for creating the sweet valley series of young adult novels. Buy a cheap copy of doublecrossed sweet valley high, no. Jessica wakefield groaned as she stepped in front of her sister, elizabeth, and stared at herself in the bedroom mirror. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The cool crowd febuary 21 2009 front, back and spine images up for new sweet valley high playing with fire and power play. Within five years the first twilight film appeared, launching a. The sweet valley high book series by multiple authors includes books double love, secrets, playing with fire, and several more. Double love by francine pascal overdrive rakuten overdrive. Unknown to jessica, her twin sister, elizabeth, likes todd a lot.
For girls and definitely some guys who grew up in the late 80s and early 90s, there was one book series that surpassed all others. The books follow the exploits of jessica and elizabeth wakefield, two beautiful twins that live in sweet valley in california. For the past month, i have rarely been more than a few feet away from a sweet valley high book. There were also several spinoffs, including the unicorn club, sweet valley university, and sweet valley sorority. Francine pascals sweet valley high is an american comedydrama series very loosely based on francine pascals book series of the same name. Ken the quarterback plagiarizes a story to avoid failing english class, and he struggles to find common ground with his girlfriend suzanne. Apr 30, 2011 sweet valley cover models april 30, 2011 i think many of us like to try and figure out the models for some of the sv cover paintings all done by james mathewuse up till the first sweet valley saga book. Double love, but along the way, we get a highspeed car chase, a bloody, drunken brawl, and a courtroom drama so this shit aint just romantical. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. I couldnt wait to go to the bookstore so i could pick up the newest sweet valley book and i tore through it as soon as i bought it.
By the 1980s, suburban dramas in the vein of sweet valley high and the babysitters club predominantly reigned. Elizabeth and jessica wakefield are identical twins at sweet valley high. Oh, lizzie, do you believe how absolutely horrendous i look today. Double love dun dun dunnnnn and, oh my god yall, that place is twentyseven flavors of messed up i havent read this book since i was twelve, which, thank god i read it at that age, the crucial period when youre trying to gain a shred of confidence and. I read sweet valley books in the early 2000s, when most of the early books in the series were outofprint or just not stocked at my local library. The first chapter of every sweet valley book always share one common thing an almost word for word description of the main characters, jessica and elizabeth wakefield. What will jessica stoop to in order to get what she wants.
Buy double love sweet valley high new edition by pascal, francine isbn. Welcome to sweet valley high the beloved series by francine pascal. The list the original books were all released by bantam. Next two havnt been released in nz yet, but ill get them up when they do. Double lovesecretsplaying with fire author francine pascal. Pascal is on the advisory board of the american theatre wing. I originally kept this blog on blogspot, so entries ahead of book 30 might be formatted kind of funky until i eventually get around to fixing those. Double love secretsplaying with fire author francine pascal. Double love its no wonder that i had unrealistic views of the world after reading this bullshit series so avidly. Todd is sweet valley high s star basketball player, and jessica is certain that she can make him fall in love with her.
This is the complete list of sweet valley high books from start to finish with publication dates. When they were first published in 1983, the sweet valley high books were a mustread for young girls. The twins and their friends attend sweet valley high. The series features some mature material, including a boy who restrains liz, implying she owes him sex. So, i put off any and all writing of this article until i was all the way finished with sweet valley high. Sweet valley highseries overdrive rakuten overdrive.
See the complete sweet valley high series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Its a first for sweet valley as a person of colour takes centre stage literally. Apr 05, 2015 the sweet valley books were my absolute favorite books when i was younger. Tweet francine pascal, or whoever actually wrote these books, taught me how to read. This time, shes got her eye on todd wilkins, the goodlooking star of sweet valley highs basketball teamand the one boy elizabeth really likes. California love sweet valley high no 1 by francine pascal and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Sweet valley high is a series of novels for children and young adults from francine pascal. The sweet valley books were my absolute favorite books when i was younger. Liz is actually a nosey doormat and jess is a psychopath. They were in my purse and scattered around my house, ready to grab whenever i had a spare moment to. Unfollow sweet valley high books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Sweet valley high books sweet valley high book cover. Now the twins are in a game of double love, with todd as first prize. Jess jumps into a porsche with a cheeseball wannabe date rapist who takes her to a bar gasp. The creator of the sweet valley series is francine pascal. Parents need to know that the sweet valley high series began in 1984 with double love and was mostly written by francine pascal with a couple of titles by kate william. To directly quote the book, both girls had the same shoulder.
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